Shampoo apparatus



July 25, 1939. N. M. HowE SHAMPOO APPARATUS Filed Feb. s, 193slllllllllLllIllllll Patented July 25, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for use by hairdressers and pertains particularly to an apparatus for use in shampooingthe hair.

The present invention has for its principal object to provide animproved structure for facilitating the process of shampooing the hair,wherein novel means is provided to enable the shampooer or hairdresserto work freely and to flood the hair freely with water when necessarywithout danger of any of the water or shampoo material flowing down overthe face or down the neck of the person receiving the shampoo.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel shampoo apparatusin which novel means is employed for protecting the person receiving theshampoo and for collecting and carrying on the shampoo water and rinsewater without making it necessary for the person receiving the treatmentto move from the position originally assumed.

A still further object of the invention is to provide in an apparatus ofthe above described character, a novel means for forming a fluid tightContact between a sink or tray-like portion of the apparatus and thehead of the shampooee below the hair line of the latter, whereby thecomplete shampooing process may be carried out without having to disturbthe person receiving the treatment.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specication. mth the understanding,however, that the invention is not conned to any strict conformity withthe showing of the drawing but may be changed or modied so long as suchchanges or modifications mark no material departure from the salientfeatures of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a View in side elevation of the irnproved apparatusembodying the present invention, portions of the same being in sectionand illustrating the position occupied by a person receiving theshampoo.

Figure 2 is a view in top plan of the drain tray.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the numeral I generallydesignates a base for the apparatus embodying the present invention andwhile any suitable mechanism may be employed for supporting the upper orworking part of the apparatus, there is here illustrated a lowerstandard in the form 0f a tubular member 2, the lower end of which issecured by a set screw 3 in a collar 4, which forms an integral part ofthe base I.

Slidably extended into the upper end of the tubular portion 2 of thestandard is an upper 5 shiftable standard 5, this part 5 with the part 2constituting the complete supporting structure for a tray unit, which isindicated as a whole by the numeral 6. The upper part of the supportingstructure, that is the rod 5, has its lower end slidl0 able into thetubular part 2 and is surrounded by the collar 6 which normally restsupon the upper end of the portion 2 and has a set screw 'I which may bethreaded inwardly for binding contact with the rod 5 so that by restingupon the 15 upper end of the portion 2, this collar will sustain the rod5 in any desirable vertically adjusted p0- sition.

The numeral 8 generally designates a tray through the center of whichisa sleeve 9, through which the rod 5 passes, this tray resting upon thecollar 6 andserving as a receptacle for soap or other materials.

Adjacent its upper end, the rod 5 has secured thereto the supporting armor arms IIJ on which 25 towels or other articles may be suspended andabove these arms the rod is provided with a transverse slot I I which isformed on one side to provide the lip I2.

The upper end of the rod 5 is suitably reduced, 30 as at I3, to form apivotal connection with a pair of ear members, one only of which isshown and is indicated by the numeral I4. These ear members are integralwith and extend downwardly from the underside or bottom I5 of the tray 635 and are pivotally coupled with the part I3 of the standard 5 by asuitable thumb nut and screw assembly I6, by means of which oscillatoryadjustment of the tray 6 upon the upper end of the supportingA standardor rod 5 is facilitated. 40

The tray 6 is preferably of the elongated rectangular contourillustrated in Figure 2 and it will be noted that thel hinge connectionbetween the upper end of the rod 5 and the bottom of the tray which isformed by the parts I3 and I4 is ad- 45 jacent one end of the tray.

The tray B has the bottom I5, previously referred to, and the upstandingforward edge and 'side edge flanges I8 and I9 respectively, and the sideflanges merge at the rear of the tray into the 5o side walls of a hood2G, which extends across the tray to form a waste water receiving basinwhich has an outlet nozzle 2| adjacent the rear end of and extendingthrough the bottom I5.' The nozzle 2l has coupled therewith, when thedevice is o5 in operation, a suitable Waste water carry-off tube 22which may lead to a suitable drain.

Upon the top of the hood of the waste water receiving basin, there issecured by means of the bracket 23, the pipe elbow coupling 24 into oneside of which is secured one end of a pipe 25 which is adapted to have asuitable water supply hose 26 attached thereto, while the verticallydirected portion of the coupling 24 has connected therewith the upwardlyextending pipe 2l which is attached, through the medium of the universalcoupling 28, 4to one end of the forwardly and downwardly curving tubulararm 29. It is preferred that a portion of this tubular arm be offlexible character, as indicated at 30, and to the free end of thisportion 30 there is attached the spray head 3| which preferably has theconcave spray face 32, so that water issuing therefrom instead of beingspread out into a rose, will be more or less concentrated toward acentral area.

, The bottom I of the tray 6 is provided with an opening 33 toward thecenter of which the spray head 3| is directed. This opening has theupwardly and outwardly turned edge ilange 34 which extends throughoutthe circumferential extent of the opening, as is shown in Figure 2.

The numeral 35 designates a flat rubber diaphragm having a centralopening 35 which isv rolled to form a reinforcing bead, as illustrated,while the peripheral edge of the diaphragm is provided with the inturnedbead 31. This inturned bead of the outer edge of the diaphragm isdesigned for engagement under the upturned,

flange 34 of theopening 33 so that the diaphragm will be stretchedacross the opening with the opening 36 of the diaphragm lco-axial withthe opening 33 of the tray.

When the apparatus is to be used, the person'r `who is to receive thevshampoo projects his head The tray 6 is adjusted to the desiredinclina-` Y tion to suit the person receiving the shampoo and ismaintained in such position through the provision of the arcuate rack38, one end of which is pivotally attached to the underside of the trayS as indicated at 39. This pivotal connection is located between thepivot I6 and the aperture 33 and the free end of the rack is extendedthrough the opening Il of the standard 5, so that when the end of thetray 6 nearest the aperture 33 is raised or lowered, the rack will moveaccordingly through the opening ll and the teeth 4Q, which are formedupon the convex edge of the rack, will have sliding engagement with andover the lip l2. It will thus be readily apparent that when the desiredadjustment of the tray 6 has been made, one of the teeth 43 will engagethe lip l2 and will maintain the tray in the adjusted position.

It will be readily obvious that with the construction shown, thenecessary adjustments for height and for the proper tilt of the tray 6may be easily and quickly made to suit the individual who is to receivethe hair treatment and it will also be obvious that as the hair istreated and washed, the shampoo solution and the rinse water will owdown across the diaphragm to the bottom of the tray and to the rearthereof into the catch basin provided from whence the liquid will ow offthrough the tube 22.

I claim:

1. A shampoo apparatus comprising a tray having a bottom provided with ahead receiving opening adjacent one end, means for carrying off liquidfrom the tray, means supporting the tray in a manner facilitating itsadjustment at a desired inclination from the horizontal, an upwardly andoutwardly extending flange carried by the tray and defining said headreceiving opening, and a head engaging resilient diaphragm in the formof a flat annulus having its peripheral edge formed for resilientdetachable .engagement under said flange whereby the central openportion of the annulus may receive .zand engage a head extended throughthe opening, beneath the hair line thereof.

2. A shampoo apparatus comprising a tray having a bottom provided with ahead receiving opening adjacent one end, means for carrying olf liquidlfrom the tray, means supporting the tray in a manner facilitating itsadjustment at a desired inclination from the horizontal, an upwardly andoutwardly extending flange carried by the tray and defining said headreceiving opening, a head engaging resilient diaphragm in the form of aat annulus having its peripheral edge formed for resilient detachableengagement under said flange whereby the central open por tion of theannulus may receive and engage a head extended through the opening,beneath the Yhair line thereof, and a spray fixture carried by the trayand having a spray nozzle adapted to be directed downwardly toward saidopening.

3. A shampoo apparatus comprising a tray, means for connecting a waterleadoi tube to the tray, the tray having a head receiving openingthrough its bottom, an upwardly and outwardly turned ange `integral withthe tray bottom and surrounding said opening, means for establishing awater tight connection between a `I`head extended into the opening andthe ange of the opening comprising a flat rubber annulus having aperipheral turned back edge formed to be stretched over said flange, theinner edge of said annulus being formed for tight contact with the headadjacent the hair line, and means carried by the tray for projectingfluid downwardly upon a head in said opening.

4. A shampoo apparatus, comprising a tray having a bottom provided witha head receiving opening, a flange encircling said opening upon theupper side of said bottom to lie within the tray and curving upwardlyand laterally from the opening, and a head engaging resilient diaphragmin the form of an annulus having a portion of the periphery turned underto form an encircling inturned rib, the said rib of the annulus beingengageable under said flange by stretching the annulus over said openingand the central portion of the annulus being designed to receive andengage about the head whereby a water-tight connection is establishedbetween the head and the tray.

NETTIE M. HOWE.

